The gut of the soil microarthropod Folsomia candida (Collembola) is a frequently changeable but selective habitat and a vector for microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2660-2669

  Thimm, Torsten ^a   Hoffmann, Andrea ^a,c   Borkott, Heinz ^a   Munch, Jean Charles ^a,d   Tebbe, Christoph C ^a,b  

^a Institute für Bodenbiologie   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACREMONIUM CHARTICOLA; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031814111     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2660-2669.1998     Document Type: Article

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